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Clarify behaviour of close() and shutdown() on sockets.

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Antoine Pitrou 2011-01-02 22:06:53 +00:00
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@ -552,6 +552,12 @@ correspond to Unix system calls applicable to sockets.
remote end will receive no more data (after queued data is flushed). Sockets are
automatically closed when they are garbage-collected.
.. note::
:meth:`close()` releases the resource associated with a connection but
does not necessarily close the connection immediately. If you want
to close the connection in a timely fashion, call :meth:`shutdown()`
before :meth:`close()`.
.. method:: socket.connect(address)